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Josh Samec scored 20 of his game-high 23 points in the second half as Hazleton Area rallied from a five-point deficit at halftime to defeat Meyers 57-51 Tuesday in Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball.Jeff Planutis added 16 for Hazleton Area, which trailed 27-22 at the break.Jawane Buckner scored 22 to pace Meyers.Wyoming Seminary 68, Hanover Area 50Wyoming Seminary used a big third quarter to pull away from Hanover Area and post a victory.The Division 3 first-place Blue Knights trailed 31-28 at halftime, but outscored Hanover Area 21-9 in the third quarter.Dimitri Gnall paced Seminary with 23 points. Jeremy Callahan and Todd Phillips scored 13 each.Hanover Area&#8217;s Tyler Thomas netted 19.Wyoming Area 46, Pittston Area 30Wyoming Area held rival Pittston Area to nine points in the first half while Sam Greenfield led the offense with 20 points.Naseem Guillaume led Pittston Area with nine points, all in the second half.Nanticoke Area 69, Wyoming Valley West 62Nate Kreitzer scored 22 points, Trahjan Krupinski added 19 and Nanticoke Area held off a Wyoming Valley West really attempt in the fourth quarter.Colby Butczynski added 14 for the Trojans.Justus Simpson topped Valley West with 22. Mason Mendygral scored 18 while leading scorer Draig Ruff was limited to 10. The Spartans connected on 13 3-point shots, most in a WVC game this season.Crestwood 61, GAR 45Camden Boris scored 11 of his game-high 21 points in the critical third quarter as the Comets eased away from host GAR.Mike Palmiero scored 16 and Evan Knapp tossed in 10 for Crestwood.Will Johnson paced GAR with 17. Tyler Young added 13.Tunkhannock 66, Coughlin 40Tunkhannock took control by halftime, limiting Coughlin to 12 points in the first two quarters.Tyler Faux led Tunkhannock with 24 points. Sean Harder added 16, including 11 in the first half as the Tigers took a 30-12 lead at the break.Tony Egidio led Coughlin with 13.Dallas 62, Berwick 40Joey Parsons hit all three of the Mounts&#8217; 3-pointers and paced Dallas with a game-high 22 points in a road win. Alex Charlton and Jay Bittner added eight points apiece.Damon Beckhorn led the Bulldogs with 17.Holy Redeemer 59, Lake-Lehman 45Collin Cook topped all scorers with 24 points as the Royals pulled away with a 22-point third quarter. Bryce Yencha and JD Turosky each finished with 10 points.Max Paczewski scored 19 for the Black Knights.Hazleton Area 57, Meyers 51HAZLETON AREA (57) &#8212; Josh Samec 7 8-10 23, Andrew Vayda 0 0-0 0, Sparky Wolk 1 0-0 3, Jeff Planutis 6 3-4 16, Alex D&#8217;Angelo 0 0-0 0, Kyle Franek 0 0-0 0, Adrian Otero 1 0-0 2, Scott Shamany 3 0-1 6, Da&#8217;Mir Faison 3 1-4 7. Totals 21 12-19 57.MEYERS (51) &#8212; Tanner Nilon 0 0-0 0, Kendall Brewster 2 0-0 6, Keegan Brewster 4 1-1 9, Cole Walker 1 0-1 3, Jawane Buckner 6 6-9 22, David Kasper 2 0-0 4, Blake Masker 3 1-2 7. Totals 18 8-13 51.Hazleton Area`11`11`14`21 &#8212; 57Meyers`14`13`11`13 &#8212; 51Three-point goals &#8212; HA 3 (Samec, Wolk, Paluntis), MEY 7 (Ken.Brewster 2, Walker, Buckner 4).Wyoming Seminary 68, Hanover Area 50HANOVER AREA (50) &#8212; Desmond Cannon 3 0-1 8, Mike Piscotty 2 2-2 7, Tyler Thomas 6 7-7 19, Evan Materna 3 0-0 7, Asad Whitehead 2 2-3 6, Devin Senk 1 0-0 2, Brandor Arias 0 0-0 0, Lamarr Nelson 0 0-0 0, Matt Barber 0 0-0 0, Joe Curico 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 11-13 50.WYO. SEMINARY (68) &#8212; Tyler Maddock 1 0-0 3, Andrew Maddock 0 0-0 0, Jake Koretz 2 2-2 7, Nic Bufalino 0 0-0 0, Alex Meuser 0 0-0 0, Todd Phillips 5 3-4 13, Jeremy Callahan 3 5-5 13, Ethan Meuser 0 0-0 0, Dimitri Gnall 10 3-4 23, Nick Ganter 4 1-2 9, Gavin Flanley 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 14-17 68.Hanover Area`17`14`9`10 &#8212; 50Wyo. Seminary`14`14`21`19 &#8212; 68Three-point goals &#8212; HA 5 (Cannon 2, Piscotty, Materna 2), WS 4 (T.Maddock, Koretz, Callahan 2).Wyoming Area 46, Pittston Area 40PITTSTON AREA (30) &#8212; Sevion Leak 0 0-0 0, Trevor Tigue 0 0-2 0, Logan Booth 0 0-0 0, Keemar Woodruff 3 0-0 6, Brandon Higgins 1 1-5 3, Matt McGlynn 1 0-0 3, Adam Penya 0 2-2 2, Ryan Hartigan 0 0-0 0, Andrew Krawczyj 3 0-2 7, Noah Lis 0 0-0 0, Naseem Guillaume 1 7-8 9. Totals 11 10-17 30.WYOMING AREA (46) &#8212;Dylan Melberger 1 0-0 3, Aaron Zezza 1 5-9 7, Kyre Zielinski 1 2-2 4, Sam Greenfield 7 5-6 20, Matt Wright 2 2-4 6, Dominic Deluca 2 2-6 6, Alex Gonzales 0 0-0 0, Steve Yordy 0 0-0 0, Dan Wiedl 0 0-0 0, Justin Alder 0 0-0 0, Jake Greenfield 0 0-0 0, Nick Rubino 0 0-0 0, Cole Coolbaugh 0 0-0 0, Riley Rusyn 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 16-27 46.Pittston Area`7`2`12`9 &#8212; 30Wyoming Area`11`10`8`17 &#8212; 46Three-point goals &#8212; PA 2 (McGlynn, Krawczyk), WA 2 (Melberger, S.Greenfield).Nanticoke Area 69, Wyoming Valley West 62NANTICOKE AREA (69) &#8212; Nate Kreitzer 5 8-10 22, Colby Butczynski 5 0-0 14, Collin Brown 0 0-0 0, Luke Myers 1 0-0 3, Trahjan Krupinski 8 3-4 19, Jake Krupinski 2 2-4 6, Andy Kozlofski 0 0-0 0, Dylan Szychowski 1 3-6 5. Totals 22 16-24 69.WVW (62) &#8212; Draig Ruff 4 1-2 10, Mason Mendygral 6 0-0 18, Sammy Solomon 1 0-0 2, Austin Sienkiewicz 1 0-0 2, Justus Simpson 7 2-2 22, Devon Rhodes 4 0-0 8, Ruland Hamad 0 0-0 0, Isaac Sosa 0 0-0 0, Matt Stoodley 0 0-0 0, Tyler Gillespie 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 3-4 62.Nanticoke Area`17`21`14`17 &#8212; 69Wyo. Valley West`11&#8220;17`10`24 &#8212; 62Three-point goals &#8212; NA 9 (Kreitzer 4, Butczynski 4, Myers), WVW 13 (Ruff, Mendygral 6, Simpson 6).Crestwood 61, GAR 45CRESTWOOD (61) &#8212; Ryan Petrosky 0 0-0 0, Frank Casarella 0 0-0 0, Kevin Klusewitz 3 0-0 6, Sean Murphy 3 0-0 8, Adam Gegaris 0 0-0 0, Camden Boris 8 1-2 21, Evan Knapp 4 2-3 10, Mike Palmiero 7 0-0 16, Connor Olenginski 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 3-5 61.GAR (45) &#8212; Will Johnson 7 2-5 17, Jared O&#8217;Day 0 2-2 2, Tyler Young 5 2-6 13, Simon Peter 3 0-0 9, Kahlil White 1 0-0 3, Tyreek Green 0 0-0 0, Mufee Burney 0 1-2 1. Totals 16 7-15 45.Crestwood`8`14`23`16 &#8212; 61GAR`9`9`13`14 &#8212; 45Three-point goals &#8212; CRE 8 (Murphy 2, Boris 4, Palmiero 2), GAR 6 (Johnson, Young, Peter 3, White).Tunkhannock 66, Coughlin 40COUGHLIN (40) &#8212; Dominique Flippen 2 2-4 6, Jesus Perdoma 0 0-0 0, Aaron Bennett 3 1-2 8, Jahsim Hall 0 3-4 3, Tony Egidio 5 3-3 13, Shawn Valenzuela 1 0-0 2, Najeeb Bilal 0 0-0 0, Gavin Donahue 1 0-0 2, Matt Egidio 2 0-0 6, Trent Zavada 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 9-13 40.TUNKHANNOCK (66) &#8212; Ryan Harder 1 0-0 2, Jake Frisco 0 0-0 0, Sean Harder 7 3-4 16, Jack Chilson 3 0-0 6, Tyler Faux 9 0-0 24, Nick Reposa 0 0-0 0, Zach Rogers 0 0-0 0, Erik Bennett 0 0-0 0, Avery Billings 3 0-0 6, Matt Goodwin 1 0-0 2, Evan Turner 3 1-1 7, Sica Vittano 0 0-0 0, Logan Helsel 1 0-1 2. Totals 28 4-6 66.Coughlin`5`7`12`16 &#8212; 40Tunkhannock`19`11`22`14 &#8212; 66Three-point goals &#8212; COU 3 (Bennett, M.Egidio 2), TUN 6 (Faux 6).Dallas 62, Berwick 40DALLAS (62) &#8212; Alex Charlton 3 2-2 8, Nick Kocher 1 2-2 4, Joey Parsons 8 3-6 22, Matt Mathers 2 3-4 7, Jay Bittner 2 4-4 8, Ben O&#8217;Connell 1 0-0 2, Brody Strickland 1 5-5 7, Sam Nocito 0 0-0 0, Luke DelGaudio 0 0-0 0, Andrew Kovalick 0 1-2 1, Jack Farrell 1 1-2 3, Justin Finarelli 0 0-0 0, Eric Berley 0 0-0 0, Logan Evanosky 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 21-27 62.BERWICK (40) &#8212; Ken Marshman 2 2-2 7, Alec Markle 3 2-2 9, Damon Beckhorn 6 3-6 17, Joe Norce 0 2-2 2, Blane Cleaver 0 2-2 2, Jarret Groshek 0 0-0 0, Maliek McMillan 0 0-0 0, Connor Hanson 1 0-0 2, Denver Knorr 0 1-2 1, Kevin Tanribilir 0 0-0 0, Eric Montes 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 12-16 40.Dallas`19`12`20`11 &#8212; 62Berwick`14`5`12`9 &#8212; 40Three-point goals &#8212; DAL 3 (Parsons 3); BER 4 (Beckhorn 2, Marshman, Markle)Holy Redeemer 59, Lake-Lehman 45LAKE-LEHMAN (45) &#8212; Danny Thompson 3 1-2 7, Max Paczewski 9 0-0 19, Nate Salus 2 0-0 4, Alex Magdalinski 2 2-2 6, C.J. Cercone 3 2-2 9, Danny Kutz 0 0-0 0, Sean Sabaluski 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 5-6 45.HOLY REDEEMER (59) &#8212; Bryce Yencha 4 1-2 10, Derek Answini 2 1-4 6, JD Turosky 4 2-2 10, Collin Cook 9 3-3 24, Sean Wills 0 1-4 1, Devin Dougherty 0 0-0 0, Tucker Ell 1 0-0 2, Jake Adonizio 2 0-0 4, Jordan Diggs 0 0-0 0, Jacob Kester 0 0-0 0, Gavin Claherty 1 0-0 2, Chris Banas 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 8-15 59.Lake-Lehman`6`12`12`15 &#8212; 45Holy Redeemer`15`6`22`16 &#8212; 59Three-point goals &#8212; LL 2 (Paczewski, Cercone); HR 5 (Cook 3, Yencha, Answini)<style>
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H.S. Boys Basketball: Hazleton Area rallies to defeat Meyers